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cubbear
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Mar 10, 2015

Artic Fox 990 and winter camping

went to Black hills SD snowmobiling did not winterize camper hooked up to shore power and used electric heater to keep warm had no trouble using water or anything else. was gone for week had plenty of water and sewer capacity. Next went to Grand Rapids MN to granddaughters hockey tournament parked in arena yard and used Honda to charge batterys, furnace to stay warm temp got to -8 still had no trouble. From there went to tower Mn snowmobiling 1 night temp got to -14 water line froze between pump and water tank used hair dryer to thaw out. next night -32 below zero water froze again thawed out with hair dryer again. was hooked up to shore power used electric heater to stay warm. we were gone 9 days had plenty of water and sewer capacity. only thing I did to camper was install storm windows, insulate ski lites with foam and windows that did not have storms, back door, cab window ect. I also rewired rear fan that blows heat to drain valves so it would run even if furnace was not on.
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  • trail-explorer's avatar
    trail-explorer
    Explorer
    Mar 11, 2015
    jefe 4x4 wrote:
    ... I guess that's why the call it an ARCTIC fox.
    jefe


    I reckon you are correct. ;)
  • jefe_4x4's avatar
    jefe_4x4
    Explorer
    Mar 11, 2015
    Whoa! You are way out of our league with our almost-insulation-free-wimpy-LA-model Lance Lite. No basement. No heated tanks. Good down to about 20 deg. F. if I keep the lower cabinet doors open while the noisy, battery sucking, heater is blasting away. Have frozen solid a couple times requiring a new H2O pump in the spring. If we do go below 20 deg.F, I will evacutate the water system all together and just use straight -50F RV antifreeze to flush the toilet.
    It must be nice. I guess that's why the call it an ARCTIC fox.
    jefe
  • jmckelvy's avatar
    jmckelvy
    Explorer
    Mar 11, 2015
    ace44 wrote:
    Nice to hear, -10 is the coldest I have seen with mine.


    We successfully survived last year's "Polar Vortex". -18 F in Laramie and several more nights in Idaho well below zero.
  • kerry4951's avatar
    kerry4951
    Explorer
    Mar 10, 2015
    Thats a pretty nice testament to the weatherability of your AF TC. With some of those temps it would be difficult to keep any RV from freezing up. Im glad to hear that you wired in a switch to operate your basement fan while running electric heat off of shore power. I did the same thing. If I was going to be in those kind of temps and hooked up to shore power, I might consider placing a small heater in the hallway just away from the basement vent/fan. That way you would get more of a blast of direct heat going into the basement. I installed 1000 watt electric baseboard heater (make is Dimplex) so I would use that plus the portable heater for the basement heat.
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    trail-explorer
    Explorer
    Mar 10, 2015
    cubbear wrote:
    I also rewired rear fan that blows heat to drain valves so it would run even if furnace was not on.


    Having a little fan up front might help too, which would direct warm air in to the pump/fresh water tank area.

    The one at the back blows in to the tank valve area, so I'm sure by the time that air gets drawn through the tank area and up through the vent at the front of the camper, the air isn't doing much to keep the water lines thawed.

    Just an idea....
  • ace44's avatar
    ace44
    Explorer
    Mar 10, 2015
    Nice to hear, -10 is the coldest I have seen with mine.

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